galileo

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noun Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642)

Named in honour of Galileo Galilei

Galileo, 4, 59, 192, 194, 239, 240. — Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy, Bertrand Russell
130.--BREWSTER'S LIVES OF GALILEO, TYCHO BRAHE, AND KEPLER. — The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido: For the Suppression of Piracy, Henry, Sir Keppel
And what was the principle discovered by Galileo? — Creative Evolution, Bergson, Henri

Galileo Galilei

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